Broadneck High School


Broadneck High School is a school in the United States, located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on Green Holly Drive, on the border between Arnold and Cape St. Claire, suburbs of Annapolis. The Bruin is the school's mascot. Broadneck is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system and known for the breadth of its Advanced Placement program, among its higher level courses such as Linear Algebra. It has been the test school for courses such as Calculus III and offers options to take classes at the nearby Anne Arundel Community College and CAT-South schools. The Broadneck Bruins are rivals with the nearby Severna Park High School Falcons. The current BHS feeder middle schools are Severn River Middle School and Magothy River Middle School. Broadneck consistently ranks among the top high schools in Maryland and the nation. In 2018, Newsweek ranked Broadneck as one of the top 20 high schools in Maryland and top 1,000 in the country. In 2013, Broadneck received the highest rank by Newsweek out of all public High Schools in Anne Arundel County. Further, Broadneck High School also ranked among the top 300 high schools in the country by the Washington Post and among the top 10 high schools in Maryland

History

In the 1970s, nearby Severna Park High School was beginning to become overcrowded and was the only high school that served students on the Broadneck Peninsula at the time. In an attempt to solve overcrowding at Severna Park, Anne Arundel County Public Schools built Broadneck High School, which opened in January, 1982 for students in grades 10–12, and had a total of 310 students. The first principal was Lawrence E. Knight. The school chose its mascot as the Bruins and its colors as maroon, grey, and white, and the football stadium was named in honor of principal Lawrence E. Knight. In 1987, Broadneck began to experience overcrowding, and as a result, portable classrooms were added to the side of the school. An auditorium was also added to the school, a gravel pit was added near the softball fields to build more room for student parking, and Broadneck Athletics were added to the Anne Arundel County league. A fire also occurred in the English Department, resulting in the hospitalization of a teacher. Broadneck also became a smoke free school in 1987. In 1996, a large construction/expansion project began on the school building to allow room to add 9th graders to the school and in 1998 the project was finished and Broadneck opened its doors to its first freshman class. 2010 saw the addition of a two-story wing extension to the building. In 2017 the school unveiled a newly renovated athletics field house. It was named in honor of the school's first athletic director Tim McMullen.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,048 students enrolled for the school year 2017–2018 was as follows:

Advanced Placement

Broadneck is an Advanced Placement Certified school. Broadneck was also named an Anne Arundel County Public Schools Advanced Placement Distinguished High School in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Athletics

Broadneck High School's athletics teams are the Bruins and Lady Bruins and their colors are maroon and grey. The Broadneck Bruins are rivals with the Severna Park High School "Falcons" and the South River High School "Seahawks". The school has won numerous state championships.